Axially shifting hydraulic rim and tire separating device



Sept. 14, 1948. s. H. GAREY 2,449,289

. AXIALLY SHIFTING HYDRAULIC RIM AND TIRE SEPARATING DEVICE 2 SheetS -Sheet 1 Filed May 1, 1945 I m/entor firm/F0 0 #614155 Attorneys Sept 14, 1948.. s. H. GAREY 2,449,289

AXIALLY SHIFTING HYDRAULIC RIM AND TIRE SEPARATING DEVICE Filed May 1, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 4 /f,ej

Patented Sept. 14, 1948 AXIALLY smn'rmo HYDRAULIC RIM AND TIRE SEPARATING DEVICE Sanford H. Garey, Uvalde, Tex.

Application May 1, 1945, Serial No. 591,3.61

This invention relates to an improved tire working tool, and one of its objects is to provide a tool which will hold the outer portions of the tire casing against movement, while hydraulic pressure is applied concentrically to the tire rim, so,

that uniform pressure maybe developed against all of the tire and the bead of the tire stripped from the tire rim, without subjecting the tire head or the entire tire casing to structural distortions, or requiring the use of leverage manipulations which bruise the tire and impair its subsequent service qualities.

Another object of the invention is to provide a horizontally supported frame with a series of horizontally and radially adjustable bars, arranged to overlie a truck tire casing, and to provide an hydraulic pressure device in the center of the frame, upon which the tire rim can be forced upwardly to strip the same concentrically from the tire casing.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain new and useful constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts, clearly described in the following specification, and fully shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is a top plan view.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view, taken on line 3--3 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 4 is a detail vertical sectional view, taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 5 is a detail vertical sectional view, taken on line 5--5 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 6 is a detail side view of a hand operated lever, partly broken away.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the practical embodiment of my invention, 5 designates a metal base plate, which is constructed with or provided with a plurality of radial arms 6. On the outer end of each of these arms a post 1 is secured at its lower end. There are three arms 6, and they are spaced approximately ninety degrees from each other in a circular arc. A fourth arm 8 is provided to which the lower end of the stud post 9 is fixed. On this stud post the lower end of the extension In is hinged by the pin Ella. This extension i0 is located ninety degrees from the adjacent posts I.

The upper ends of the posts 1 are equipped with bracket arm's H which are welded or otherwise fixed thereto, and which project toward the 1 Claim. (Cl. 1576) center of the base plate 5, and each of. these bracket arms is provided with a straight edge Ha on its lower side. A ring I2 is welded directly to the bracket arms I l, and is thereby supdriven between the tire rim and the tire.

ported in concentric relation to the posts 1 and the base plate 5, the upper plane face of this ring directly engaging the straight edges. Ila. of the bracket arms ll. 7

The ring I2 is provided in each of these channels a horizontal bar Isis arranged to slide. The inner end of each bar is provided with a rim engaging tool head l5, having a chisel edge l5a, which is adapted to be tool head normally projects inwardly of the inner peripheral edge l2 of the ring I2, while the outer end of the bar projects outwardly of the outer peripheral edge 42" of the ring 62. These bars are arranged to freely slide horizontally in the radial channels l3 of the ring l2, and may therefore be manually shifted inwardly or outwardly.

The ring I2 is equipped with upstanding ears Hi, and the upper end of the post extension I0 is equipped with a bracket arm Iilb which is adapted to fit between the ears IS. A manually slidable pin I7 is extended through registering openings formed in the ears l6 and in the bracket arm lllb of the post extension I0, so as to lock the post extension against outwardly swinging movement on the base plate.

Centrally of the base plate 5 an hydraulic jack or cylinder I8 is fixed, and in this cylinder the ram or plunger l9 works. 0n the upper end of this plunger or ram a tire platform or supporting head 20 is fixed. Pressure is developed in the cylinder l8 by means of the hand operated pressure device 2|, which includes the operating lever 22.

The wheel tire is placed on the platform or plate 20, while the plunger is in its lower position, and the tire and rim are raised so that the rim of the tire will be brought to the plane of the chisel edges I511. The radial bars M are then forced against the tire rim, and if necessary the hand tool 23, shown in Fig. 6, which is also provided with a chisel edge 23a, may be operated, to provide a gap between the tire rim and the bead of the casing.

The post extension I 0 is opened outwardly to provide an entrance for placing the tire upon the plunger head, and after the tire has been so placed, the post extension is locked in place against the ear l6 by means of the slip pin l1.

.After all of the tool heads l5 of the sliding with radial channels l3, spaced equal distances from each other, and

This

tortion of the rim is thus avoided and a true concentric displacement of the rim on the tire casing is obtained.

It is to be understood that each horizontal bar I4 is provided atits outer end, that .is,the -endopposite the tool head I5 with a suitable stop to prevent the bar from sliding-a1l-.ttheway through its respective channel. Such a stop may. 1

take the form of a cross-pin or may be produced by swedgingor upsetting the outer end to such a degree that; when-;the bar slides to innermost y limits1the-outeryendof-;the-bar willnot enter its" respective channel,

It"is;'understo od that all materials available for the. construction :shown" may be used, and thatyarious changes in the detailsof construction, their combination and arrangement, -may be resorted to,,,within the scope of'theinvention;

as; defined, ,bygthe claim hereof,v

Having described my-invention I claim: as new: Tire working apparatus which-includes a base, a hydrauliccylinder rising axially from the base, an annular, row of ciricumferentially spaced posts fixed,. t0 theibase and rising therefrom in spaced relationto'the cylinder, a ring fixed to the posts 5 4 adjacent their upper ends, said ring lying in spaced parallel relation to the base and concentric about the axis of the cylinder, said ring having circumferentially spaced radially disposed guide channels extending therethrough, bars slidable in the guide channels toward or away from the axis of the cylinder, tool heads at the inner ends of the bars for engaging a tire and holdingdt against upward movement, fluid actuated-plunger sliclable; axially! through the upper end of the cylinder, a tire rim supporting head at the upper end of the plunger and means mounted on the base near the cylinder to introduceflu'id under pressure into the cylinder to elevate the plunger and. exert a lifting efiort againsta rim resting on the head.

SANFORD H. GAREY.

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